Carmen is working with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre to involve more community organizations in their May Day celebration.  If you have not been to the May Day festival, it is something worth experiencing with your neighbors and fellow art-lovers.  I never miss it!

MayDay Pedal Power Meeting 2
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 5:00 PM
Heart of the Beast, 15th Ave. & E. Lake Street

The purpose of this meeting is to come up with ways in which we can be involved with the May Day celebration.  I could not attend Pedal Power Meeting 1, but I will attach a summary of the last meeting below this.

Grease Rag is a collectively organized and executed event, and I'd like to encourage all creative WTFs that have an interest in organizing with Grease Rag to come to this meeting.  I will be attending this meeting, and I hope to see some of you there!  If you can't attend and have an idea for how GR could be involved with May Day, leave a comment and I'll bring it with me._____________________

Summary of Brainstorm:  How to get people involved AFTER May Day

“Transition Town” in Off the Grid Section

• Division of Area
  • Street signs: What are you interested in?
    • Getting youth involved
    • Access to biking, walking and transit
    • Safety
  • Painted “Greenway”
  • Artistic “booths”, centerpiece and entry arch
• Activities
  • Slow bike races (Nice Ride)
  • Bike rodeo for kids
  • Commitment wall
  • Occupy Transition Town
  • Walking “race” with step-counters
  • Freak bikes/bike puppets area for riding
  • Bike polo demonstration
• Entertainment
  • Bike dance troupe (Racketeers, Chicago, contact Andrea Bolks)
  • Cadillac Kolstad’s bike trailer band
  • BMX demo

Needs

• Direct contacts
  • The Hub
  • Freewheel
  • BMX demo group
  • Bike polo group
  • Cadillac Kolstad
• Equipment
  • Bicycle-powered generators
  • Bicycle-powered appliances
  • Freak bikes
  • Nice Ride or other “slow race” bikes
  • Spray chalk
  • Cones
  • Large “commitment board”
• VOLUNTEERS (can’t stress this enough)
  • In-parade
  • “Transition Town” residents